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Christ and the covenant the work and way of meditation
Christ and the covenant the work and way of meditation. : Gods return to the soul, or nation; together with his preventing mercy. : Delivered in ten sermons, (viz.) 1. Christs personal excellencies, the object of our love. 2. Christ crucified, the object of our faith. 3. The new covenant of grace opened. 4. Christ the mediator of the new covenant. 5. The way and spirit of the new covenant, or New Testament. 6. The blood of sprinkling. 7. The sweetness and profitableness of divine meditation. 8. The work and way of this meditation. 9. Gods return to the soul and nation. 10. Preventing mercy. / By W.B.
London: printed for N. Ranew, 1667
Sermons › Sermon 7: The Sweetness and Profitableness of Divine Meditation. SERM. VII.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Fourthly, In case that you would Meditate on the works of God.
First, Be sure of this, that you look upon al• the works of God as Enamelled and Embroidered with so many Attributes of God: For the more you see the Attributes of God shining forth upon his Works, the more sweetness you wil• take in the meditating thereof. But if you don't se• the Attributes of God shining forth upon his Works you will take no sweetness in meditating thereon.
First, Be sure of this, that you look upon al• the works of God as Enammelled and Embroidered with so many Attributes of God: For the more you see the Attributes of God shining forth upon his Works, the more sweetnesse you wil• take in the meditating the•eof. But if you don't se• the Attributes of God shining forth upon his Works you will take no sweetness in meditating thereon.
Then be sure, that you don't take things apart, an• ⟨p. 437⟩separate from another, but take all together: They are set one over against the other. If you part the Works of God, you will find no beauty nor sweetness in the consideration of them; but put all together, the design, and end of the Work, and the wholeness of the Work gives a beauty to it. Take heed therefore that you don't separate between piece and piece, but carry all together, and the end thereof.